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BBC NEWS | Europe | Eight held over Chechen killing

BBC NEWS | Europe | Eight held over Chechen killing: "Police in Austria have arrested eight Chechens in connection with the murder of a ninth man, who was a critic of Chechnya's Moscow-backed leadership.

Elite commandos seized seven men in raids across the country on Wednesday. The eighth was detained just after Umar Israilov was shot two weeks ago."

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